The United States has suspended all high-level dialogue with Pakistan to put pressure on Islamabad to release the American diplomat detained on possible murder charges. Ties between the two allies have become severely strained over the issue.
Central Intelligence Agency Director Leon Panetta will move to Pentagon to become new US Defence Secretary to replace Robert Gates while his top military commander in Afghanistan Gen David Petraeus is to takeover as the new CIA Director.
As forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi continue to push the rebels from their positions, cracks seem to be appearing in the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation over military strategy in Libya, with major NATO alliance partner France demanding that the punishing raids should be carried out to finish strongman's tanks and heavy artillery.
An arm of the online collective Anonymous has said that it broke into the computer systems of Booz Allen Hamilton and then posted the details on Internet, The Daily Telegraph online reported.
Kota, Rajasthan, is both a beacon for the educationally deprived and a cynical place in which 16-year-olds live in Dickensian boarding houses, while teachers drive Audis.
The North Sentinel island is one of 29 islands in the Andamans where till June foreigners had to take special permission -- the RAP -- before being allowed to visit them.
Based on the Skytrax ranking for 2018, IndiGo is number two among the best low-cost carriers in Asia, behind rival AirAsia.
England Lions cruised to a seven-wicket victory in the opening encounter of the Tri-nation 'A' series, in Derby, on Friday.
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The film is a slick, madly crazy production that is mostly funny.
An Australian court on Tuesday sentenced a 20-year-old youth to three years in youth detention for stabbing an Indian student in Melbourne last year. Victorian Court Judge Duncan Allen sentenced Jesse James Donnachie to three years in a youth justice centre, saying, "You were in all probability significantly affected by psychotic symptoms at the time" of attack. Donnachie was affected by a psychotic episode when he and another man stabbed Baljinder Singh.
Pakistan ended their campaign in the ICC Under-19 World Cup on a winning note, defeating England by seven wickets in Fatullah on Friday to finish fifth in the 16-nation tournament.
Looking at the early birds who were present on the first day.
Her father Ziauddin Yousafzai talks about this interesting fact in his new book "Let Her Fly: A Father's Journey and the Fight for Equality".
Robert Pattinson shines in this movie which has a lesson you're not going to easily forget.
The 26-year-old Slumdog Millionaire star opens up about her life and fame.
The World Cup disappointment will continue to linger but Kohli will fancy his team's chances in the series, notwithstanding the return of the swashbuckling Chris Gayle.
After winning the 2nd T20I with ease, the Windies go into the decider with confidence and the tie will certainly not be a cakewalk for the hosts, who will look to seal their second T20I series this season.
Rogers received criticism, and calls for her resignation, from many quarters after Virginia couple Tareq and Michaele Salahi successfully crashed a November 24, 2009 State dinner at the White House honouring Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
The actress is reportedly picked up for a Canada-based movie, Dawn of War.
How Bajaj, Colgate, Raymonds, Zee lost out.. Strategic errors have hurt many companies, says adguru Sandeep Goyal.
The Boston Celtics won the battle of the NBA's best on Wednesday with a thrilling 105-103 victory over the San Antonio Spurs.
In the last 13 months, India have played the West Indies in six T20 Internationals with the hosts coming up trumps every single time.
With its chatty, disgruntled, delusional group of characters, You Will Meet A Tall Dark Stranger could very well be a quirky animated movie.
The Indian Embassy on Wednesday said it did not facilitate the entry of a third gatecrasher to United States President Barack Obama's State Dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, after the Secret Service claimed that the individual sneaked in by boarding an Indian delegation bus. US media has identified the gatecrasher as Carlos Allen, 39, an entrepreneur whose website identifies him as chief executive of Hush Galleria.
John Bradman, the son of legendary Australian cricketer Sir Donald Bradman, has won the right to go to trial over the exploitation of his father's name.
Liverpool are determined to end the trend of selling their best players during the close season in order to build a squad capable of consistently challenging for major honours, manager Juergen Klopp said.
Onida's entry into mobile phones a year and a half ago has been a low-key affair. But not any longer, courtesy its television advertisement which plays on the brand name Nokia phonetically.
India maintained their status as the only unbeaten side left in this tournament.
Dylan, 75, was honoured "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition," the Swedish Academy said.
"It appears at this point that the subject travelled from a local hotel, where the official Indian delegation was staying and arrived at the dinner with the group, which was under the responsibility of Department of State," the Secret Service said.
Some black humour would have done more good than harm here, making Death Race a spectacular nonsense. But, without all that jazz the movie sadly ends up tasting like fast food junk with enough guns, girls and vroom vrooms, to keep your inner child entertained.
Raja Sen's brief take on trying to make sense of the Mumbai girl's unprecedented career beginning.
Facebook Inc Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday he and his wife would receive no tax benefit from setting up their new philanthropic endeavor.
Maxim India's March 2009 issue is all set to hit newsstands, and the lovely Ms Pinto's covershot is a picture of bliss.
After wowing fans with her acting and lately, her fashion sense, the Slumdog Millioniare star is now the cover girl of Vogue magazine.
Meanwhile, in a statement, BP also said that the huge oil spill had so far cost the company $350 million.
Besides KL Rahul, another individual who would like to answer his critics with solid performances is Pant.
Public sector Bank of Maharashtra has sought government approval to raise Rs 1,500 crore in three years.
It will be a crucial couple of weeks for Shreyas Iyer and Manish Pandey, who are back in the mix after being sidelined from India's 50-over World Cup plans.
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